Israeli Settlements

In his recent Your View, professor Gary Olson parrots a laundry list criticizing Israel's settlement policy. His use of vitriolic rhetoric intends to portray Israelis as insincere in their negotiations toward a two-state solution. Using such words as "racist" and "apartheid" clarifies nothing. Israeli settlement policy is undoubtedly controversial. But it is not the core reason for the conflict. Before 1967 when the West Bank, Gaza and Sinai were occupied by Jordan and Egypt, there were no Israeli settlements; there was also no peace. Arab policy, supported by the Palestine Liberation Organization, was "no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no...

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